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Nikky Lee is an award-winning author who grew up as a barefoot 90s kid in Perth, Western Australia on Whadjuk Noongar Country. She now lives in Aotearoa New Zealand with her family, a dog, and a couch potato cat. In her free time, she writes speculative fiction, often burning the candle at both ends to explore fantastic worlds, mine asteroids and meet wizards. She's had over thirty stories published in magazines, anthologies and on the radio.

Her fantasy, sci-fi and horror fiction has won three Australian Aurealis Awards, three New Zealand Sir Julius Vogel Awards, three Indie Ink Awards, Bronze at the Foreward INDIES Book of the Year, and a Ditmar Award for Best New Talent. ...more

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	The Rarkyn's Familiar (The Rarkyn Trilogy, #1) 4.38 avg rating — 156 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Once We Flew 4.33 avg rating — 79 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dingo & Sister 4.32 avg rating — 44 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Rarkyn's Fall (The Rarkyn Trilogy #2) 4.86 avg rating — 28 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Aquarius (The Zodiac Series #2) by Austin P. Sheehan (Goodreads Author), Mikhaeyla Kopievsky (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Alanah Andrews (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.44 avg rating — 27 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stories of Survival by Austin P. Sheehan (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Lisa Rodrigues (Goodreads Author) (Editor/Contributor), S.M. Isaac (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.35 avg rating — 26 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Capricorn (The Zodiac Series #1) by Austin P. Sheehan (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jocelyn Spark (Editor), Alanah Andrews (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.35 avg rating — 23 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pisces (The Zodiac Series #3) by Nikky Lee (Goodreads Author), Austin P. Sheehan (Goodreads Author), Aiki Flinthart (Goodreads Author) 4.44 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2020 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Night So Dark And Full Of Stars: Twelve Tales Inspired By The Zodiac 4.67 avg rating — 15 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Breach - Issue #10: NZ and Australian SF, Horror and Dark Fantasy by Nikky Lee (Goodreads Author), Arthur Robinson, Sascha Stronach (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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This Way Lies Madness (Beyond and Within)

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As Born to Rule the Storm

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The Whisper that Replaced God (A Silent Duology Book 1)

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3.5 rounded up to 4 thanks to the unique worldbuilding and New Zealand-esq setting. If you’re looking for a New Zealand-inspired fantasy look no further than The Outsiders of Orkland. Set in a world that loosely resembles colonial Aotearoa, it’s a ref ...more
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An enjoyable bit of whimsy. I went into this with high expectations after having so many people recommend it; however, it didn't quite hit the mark for me. There's some lovely writing in here, and I can see why people love it. Unfortunately, I strugg ...more
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“Fantasy is hardly an escape from reality. It's a way of understanding it.”
― Lloyd Alexander

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“It has been said that necessity is the mother of invention. In the same vein, desperation is the father of compromise, panic is the sister of slapdash improvisation, and despair is the second cousin of quiet apathy. By that reckoning, dinner was a dismal family reunion.”
― J. Zachary Pike, Son of a Liche

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